We could experience a rock market crash. Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out ...

when an asteroid passes near a massive object like a planet, its trajectory is deflected, and any existing uncertainty in its path increases. Before the latest radar measurements of Apophis ...

Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

This rating, however, does not signify instant danger, since the path of the asteroid will be monitored and updated. In the past, even famous asteroids such as Apophis reached Level 4 on the ...

However, as with Apophis, astronomers expected the risk for 2024 YR4 to spike and then fall to zero as they obtained more observational data to reduce uncertainties about the asteroid’s path.

Apophis initially had a small chance to hit Earth on Sept. 13, 2024, but did not. While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has increased from ...

So far, scientists have only seen a small fraction of the asteroid’s orbit, which every four years goes in a wildly oblong path from inside ... asteroid called Apophis briefly rated a 4 before ...

Astronomers said the threat posed by Asteroid 2024 YR4 now exceeds the threat posed by the widely known 2004 Apophis asteroid. YR4 still has a 97% chance of missing Earth, but the 3.1% chance it ...